Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws web links

Corporatisation in the urban sector

Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation
BPD Water and Sanitation is an informal network of partners who seek to demonstrate that strategic partnerships involving business, government and civil society can achieve more at the local level to improve access to safe water and effective sanitation for the poor than any of the groups acting individually.
Corporatisation in the irrigation industry

Development Issues

Hot Topics: Water
Contains a review of activities in this area by the World Bank

Environment Research

Environmental Policy & Management Group
T H Huxley School of Environment, Earth Sciences and Engineering (THSE), Centre for Environmental Technology (ICCET)

The Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database
Oregon State University

Government

Department of the Environment and Heritage
Commonwealth Government of Australia

SA Central for detailed information on South Australia
for links to Water Resources see under Environment > Water

Natural Resources

Australian Natural Resources Atlas
This web site was developed by a broad range of government and private sector groups. Information is organized by subject and by geographical region, and grouped into 7 themes: coasts, rangelands, water resources, land, people, agriculture and vegetation & biodiversity

Publications

International Law, Sustainable Development and Water Management (PDF 792Kb – download Adobe Acrobat)
by A. Hildering, Eburon Publishers, The Netherlands, 2004

Organisations

Australian Water Association

CRC for Irrigation Futures
This is part of the CRC (Cooperative Research Centres) network

International Law Association
Has convened a Water Resources Committee for the period 2002–2004
Read its Final Report presented at the Association's 2004 Conference in Berlin
(PDF 464 Kb – download Adobe Acrobat)

International Water Association

International Water History Association
IWHA is an interdisciplinary historical association designed to promote an understanding of the history of the control and use of freshwater resources throughout the world

Third World Centre for Water Management

Water Engineering at Helsinki University of Technology

Water Resources Research Center at the University of Arizona

Rural sector

Rural Water and Sanitation World Bank

Sustainability

Sustainable Development of Water, Land and Mineral Resources United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Environment and Natural Resources Development Division

Water Conservation Partnership Project (WCPP)
S.A. Department for Environment and Heritage

Water markets research

International Water Law Project
Provides pertinent information on international water law and policy and related topics. Specifically, it offers treaties, articles, news stories, case law, Internet links, and other relevant information. Many of the materials, such as treaties and articles, are offered in full text

Water quality research

Mount Lofty Ranges Catchment Program South Australia
The aim of the Mount Lofty Ranges Catchment Program is to accelerate on-ground action towards the sustainable use and development of the natural resources of the ranges, in line with recommendations from the Mount Lofty Ranges Regional Strategy Plan